उद्यद्विद्युत्प्रचण्डां निजरुचिनिकर व्याप्तलोकावकाशोबिभ्रद्भीमो भुजे योSभ्युदितदिनकराभाङ्गदाड्यप्रकाण्डे ||वीर्योद्धार्यां गदाग्र्यामयमिह सुमतिं वायुदेवोविदध्यादध्यात्मज्ञाननेता यतिवरमहितो भूमिभूषामणिर्मे || In this fifth shloka of the Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya offers a prayer on behalf of all of us that Sri Mukhyaprana Vayu may grant us a good (benign) mind such that it may be filled with the knowledge of Bhagavanta!... Continue Reading →
Madhwa-avatara is mantra siddha
अस्याविष्कर्तुकामं कलिमलकलुषेSस्मिन् जने ज्ञानमार्गम् |वन्द्यं चन्द्रेन्द्ररुद्र द्युमणिफणिवयोनायकाद्यैरिहाद्य ||मध्वाख्यं मन्त्रसिद्धं किमुत कृतवतो मारुतस्यावतारं |पातारं पारमेष्ट्यं पदमपविपदः प्राप्तुरापन्नपुंसाम् || 4 || In the fourth shloka of the Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya continues to describe the great qualities and capabilities of Sri Vayudeva. We should recall that, at the end of the third shloka, the... Continue Reading →
Sri Vayudeva’s glory is beyond words
जन्माधिव्याध्युपाधि प्रतिहतिविरहप्रापकाणां गुणानामग्र्याणामर्पकाणां चिरमुदितचिदानन्दसंदोहदानाम् |एतेषामेष दोषप्रमुषितमनसां द्वेषिणां दूषकाणांदैत्याणामार्तिमन्धेतमसि विदधतां संस्तवे नास्मि शक्तः || 3 || In the first two shlokas of the Sri Hari Vayu Stuti, Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya declares that he bows to the dust emanating from the feet of Sri Vayu, and that even the best of the Devatas bow fervently to those... Continue Reading →
The Subservience of Devatas to Vayudeva
उत्कण्ठाकुण्ठकोलाहलजवविदिताजस्रसेवानुवृद्धप्राज्ञात्मज्ञानधूतान्धतमससुमनोमौलिरत्नावलीनाम् |भक्त्युद्रेकावगाढ प्रघटनसघटात्कार संघृष्यमाणप्रान्तप्राघ्यन्घ्रि पीठोत्थित कनकरजः पिञ्जरारञ्जिताशाः || In the first shloka of the Hari Vayu Stuti, we have seen how Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya brings out the devotion of Sri Vayudeva towards Sri Hari and how Bharatidevi is possessed by great affection towards Vayu. Having thus explained the hierarchy of Sri Hari and Vayu (and... Continue Reading →
Srimadacharya’s Nakhastuti – Shloka1
पान्त्वस्मान् पुरुहूतवैरिबलवन्मातङ्गमाद्यद्घटाकुम्भोच्छाद्रिविपाटनाधिकपटुप्रत्येकवज्रायिताः |श्रीमत्कण्ठीरवास्य प्रततसुनखरा दारितारातिदूरप्रध्वस्तध्वान्तशान्त प्रविततमनसा भाविता भूरिभागैः || 1 || When Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya composed the Vayu Stuti and offered it at the lotus feet of Srimadanandatirtha Bhagavatpada, Srimadacharya gave his approval in a special way. While appreciating the composition, he insisted that a prayer that extols the greatness of Sri Mahavishnu must act... Continue Reading →
Vayustuti Mangalacharana
Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya begins his Hari Vayu Stuti with an excellent prayer to Srimadanandatirtha Bhagavatpadacharya. Not only does this first shloka offer a salutation to Sri Madhwacharya, who is the focus of the entire stuti, but it also offers an explanation to the greatness of Sri Mahavishnu and Sri Mukhyaprana (whose avatara Sri Madhwacharya is).... Continue Reading →
The Secret to Vayu Kataksha
It is the desire and goal of every sadhaka to please his/her Guru and obtain their blessings. For those in the path of sanatana dharma, it is well known that the way to Moksha is through the grace of Guru! As dasaru has said so aptly: "guruvina gulaamanaaguva tanaka doreyadanna mukuti" "until one surrenders completely... Continue Reading →